Do Search Engines Read The Anchor Text of NoFollowed Links?

Mar 27, 2009 - 1:08 am 5 by

A HighRankings Forum thread asks an interesting question. If I add links to my web page and nofollow them, does Google still read the anchor text of the link and use that in part of how they determine what my page is contextual about.

For example, if I link to Search Engine Land as follows; <a href="http://searchengineland.com/" rel="nofollow">Search News</a> would Google or any other main search engine, take the words "search news" and place that text as being relevant to what this page is about? We know Google won't pass the link value of that link to Search Engine Land, but do we know if Google ignores that text completely?

Has anyone done any tests on this yet? If not, anyone want to try?

Forum discussion at HighRankings Forum.

 

Popular Categories

The Pulse of the search community

Search Video Recaps

 
- YouTube
Video Details More Videos Subscribe to Videos

Most Recent Articles

Search Forum Recap

Daily Search Forum Recap: May 12, 2025

May 12, 2025 - 10:00 am
Google

Google Tests AI Mode Button On Google Search Box

May 12, 2025 - 7:51 am
Google

Google Tests AI Overviews In Turkey, Sweden, Netherlands & More Prior To I/O

May 12, 2025 - 7:41 am
Google Ads

Rare Google Ads Reporting Bug Led To Over Reported Click-Through Rates

May 12, 2025 - 7:31 am
Google

Google Tests Recipes With Interactive AI Overviews

May 12, 2025 - 7:21 am
Google

Google Search Discussions Beta May One Day Replace Reddit Results

May 12, 2025 - 7:11 am
Previous Story: Google Offering Hosting Companies Packaged Google Pack